Improvement in track-clearers for locomotives



UNITED STATES PATENT CFFIOE.

CHARLES WASHINGTON PATTON, 'OFWACO, ennessee, ASSIGNOR or ONE-THIRD HISRIGHT TO JOHN D. JOHNSON, or SAME PLACE.

IMVPROAVEMENTJN TRAC K-CLEA RERS FOR LOCOMOTIVES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 134,616, datedSeptember I, 1874 application filed J one 6, 1874. V

To all whom, it may; concern: v

Be it known that 1, CHARLES W. PATTON,

of \Vaco, inthe county of Maury and State of Tennessee, have invented anew and valuable Improvement in Locomotive Attachments; and I doherebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescriptionof the construction and operation of the same, reference being hadto'the annexed drawings making a part of this specificatiomand to theletters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawing is a representation 1 of a side view of mydevice, and Fig. 2 is a plan View. s

This invention has relation to locomotivepilots; and it consists inthe-employment of pilot. These wheels arapplied-to rotate freely arounda vertical shaft or post, a, which is rigidly secured to the front endof the frame A and to the bracket A. The periphery of each wheel B isconstructed with a cushion, b, of india-rubber or other suitablematerial, 'the object of which is to modify the shock when an animal orother object is struck. These wheels B are preferably of a greaterdiameter than the width of the track, so that when they strike an objectthey will throw it clear of the track. They may be of the same diameter,or the lowest wheel may be the largest, and the others successivelydiminish in diameter, so

as to form a conical pilot, each wheel composin g which being free torotate independently of its fellows.

j What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

- A locomotive-pilot composed essentially of horizontal revolvingwheels, having their peripheries cushioned, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.'

CHARLES WASHINGTON PATTON. Witnesses:

L. H. ATTWELL, J. T. L. GOOHRAN.

